Keytop component, operation key, and electronic device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorShigeru Toyoda
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Abstract
A keytop component for use in a keytop support member is disclosed that presses a key switch when the keytop component is pressed down. The keytop component includes a keytop member and a base member. The keytop member includes a pair of engagement members. The base member includes a pair of engagement receiving parts to be engaged by the pair of engagement members so as to detachably hold the keytop member, a locking section to lock the base member to the keytop support member, and a projection member extending downward under the base member for pressing the key switch when the base member is pressed down.
Claims7
A keytop component for use in a keytop support member to press a key switch when the keytop component is pressed down, the keytop component comprising:
- a keytop member including a pair of engagement members;
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- a base member including a pair of engagement receiving parts to be engaged by the pair of engagement members so as to detachably hold the keytop member, a locking section to lock the base member to the keytop support member, and a projection member extending downward under the base member for pressing the key switch when the base member is pressed down.
The keytop component as claimed in clam 1, wherein engagement protrusions configured to engage the engagement receiving parts are formed one on each of the engagement members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.